Oron language

E940527

The Oron language is a Niger-Congo language spoken by the Oron people of southeastern Nigeria, particularly in coastal areas of Akwa Ibom State.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oron language canonical 5
Oro language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger-Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedWith Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Oron culture ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Efik language ⓘ
Ibibio language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroup Oron people ⓘ
family Niger-Congo ⓘ
glottologCode oron1244 ⓘ
glottologName Oron ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Oron ⓘ
Oron-Ibibio ⓘ
linked to: Ibibio language
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Efik language ⓘ
Eket language ⓘ
Ibibio language ⓘ
iso639-3Code orx ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Lower Cross River languages ⓘ
macroArea West Africa ⓘ
nativeSpeakers Oron people ⓘ
partOf Lower Cross subgroup of Cross River languages ⓘ
region Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
southeastern Nigeria ⓘ
spokenIn coastal areas of Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
spokenInLocalGovernmentArea Mbo Local Government Area ⓘ
Okobo Local Government Area ⓘ
Oron Local Government Area ⓘ
Udung Uko Local Government Area ⓘ
Urue-Offong/Oruko Local Government Area ⓘ
subfamily Atlantic-Congo ⓘ
Benue-Congo ⓘ
Cross River languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Oron people ⓘ
usedIn local churches in Oron areas ⓘ
local radio broadcasts in Oron areas ⓘ
traditional ceremonies of Oron people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oron people → hasLanguage → Oron language ⓘ
Ibibio language → closelyRelatedTo → Oro language ⓘ
linked to: Oron language
Oron → hasLanguage → Oron language ⓘ
Udung Uko → associatedLanguage → Oron language ⓘ
Mbo → usesLanguage → Oron language ⓘ
Lower Cross branch → hasMember → Oron language ⓘ